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Battersea 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: The milk fat content of the 14 samples of " Channel Islands" or " South Devon " milk ranged as under :—

The milk fat content of the 14 samples of " Channel Islands" or " South Devon " milk ranged as under :—

between 4.8 and 4.9 per cent.Nil.
,, 4.7 „ 4.8 „2 samples.
,, 4.6 „ 4.7 „2 ,,
,, 4.5 „ 4.6 „3 ,,
,, 4.4 „ 4.5 ,,2 „
„ 4.3 „ 4.4 ,,3 ,,
,, 4.2 „ 4.3 ,,2 „
14

Table: All the 79 samples of ordinary milk were reported as genuine and their average composition was as follows : —

All the 79 samples of ordinary milk were reported as genuine and their average composition was as follows : —

Milk fat3.72 per cent.
Non-fatty solids8.78 ,,
Total milk solids12.50 ,,

Table: Their content of milk fat ranged as follows :—

Their content of milk fat ranged as follows :—

Over 4.0 per cent.9 samples or 11.39 per cent.
between 3.9 and 4.0 „11 „ „13.93 ,,
„ 3.8 „ 3.9 „13 „ „16.46 ,,
„ 3.7 „ 3.8 „14 „ „17.72 ,,
,, 3.6 „ 3.7 ,,15 „ „18.99 ,,
,, 3.5 „ 3.6 ,,10 „ ,,12.66 ,,
,, 3.4 „ 3.5 ,,3 „ ,,3.79 ,,
,, 3.3 „ 3.4 ,,3 ,, ,,3.79 ,,
,, 3.2 „ 3.3 „1 sample „1.27 „
79100.00

Table: In the years 1953 to 1958 the percentage of adulterated samples of milk was as under :—

In the years 1953 to 1958 the percentage of adulterated samples of milk was as under :—

YearSamples takenAdulterated
No.Percentage
195310011.0
195410066.0
195510033.0
195610000.0
195710000.0
19589300.0